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LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS<br />
Jerry<br />
Naylor<br />
Center Junction<br />
Jerry Naylor shakes hands<br />
with Francis Henry, who is<br />
hauling brome grass from<br />
Kansas. Naylor touched<br />
many lives in the farming<br />
community and beyond.<br />
His family still owns and<br />
operates Naylor Seed Co.<br />
in Scotch Grove.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
PHOTO / CONTRIBUTED<br />
Naylor served as a board member for<br />
Camp Courageous, a camp for people<br />
with disabilities. As a pilot for Shriners,<br />
he flew children from around the country<br />
to their treatments.<br />
“Jerry was an amazing, adventurous<br />
man with a heart of gold for everything<br />
in which he was involved,” said Charlie<br />
Becker, Naylor’s longtime friend and<br />
chief executive officer of Camp Courageous.<br />
“Jerry got energy from helping<br />
others, and everything he did gave him<br />
great satisfaction.”<br />
Naylor, who died in 2017 at 90, is one<br />
of many area farmers who left a legacy<br />
that will continue to improve the lives of<br />
others in Eastern Iowa into the future.<br />
Born on Nov. 14, 1926, in Center<br />
Junction, Iowa, Naylor graduated from<br />
Monticello High School, attended Iowa<br />
State University, and later served his<br />
country in the United States Air Force. He<br />
married Betty McDonald on May 3, 1952,<br />
and they enjoyed 65 years of marriage<br />
and raised four children.<br />
Possessing an abundance of energy,<br />
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